Thanks guys! I support what you were saying about application timeliness, expectation management, etc. This seems like a super reasonable set of norms.
I overall thought you crushed it, no notes, etc. My literal only grievance was that there were a bajillion forlorn nametags on the table of people I specifically had important world-saving business to check in with on, so the no-shows definitely lowered my productivity at the conf. I ended up being surprised by great discussions that popped up in spite of not having the ones I had hoped to, so I’m not complaining.
I was one of the “not supposed to be on that coast that weekend” people who had a bunch of stuff fall apart / come together at the last minute, it literally was the wednesday or thursday of the week itself that I was confident I would not be tied up in california---- so I’m wondering, should I have applied on time with an annotated application “I’m 90% sure I can’t make it, but it’ll be easier for me to be in the system already if we end up in the 10% world”? At this point, it becomes important for me to update the team so I don’t impose the costs like the forlorn nametags or anything else discussed in post, but those updates themselves increase the overall volume of comms / things to keep track of for both me and the staff, which is also a cost.
Even if my particular case is too extreme and unusual to apply to others, I hope norms or habits get formed in the territory of “trying to be thoughtful at all” cuz it sounds like we’re at the stage where we only have to be directionally correct.
I really appreciate and agree with “trying to be thoughtful at all” and “directionally correct,” as the target group to be nudged is those who see a deadline and wait until the end of the window (to look at it charitably, maybe they don’t know that there’s a difference in when they apply. So we’re just bringing it to their attention.)
We appreciate that there are genuine cases where people are unsure. I think in your case, the right move would’ve been to apply with that annotation; you likely would have been accepted and then been able to register as soon as you were sure.
Thanks guys! I support what you were saying about application timeliness, expectation management, etc. This seems like a super reasonable set of norms.
I overall thought you crushed it, no notes, etc. My literal only grievance was that there were a bajillion forlorn nametags on the table of people I specifically had important world-saving business to check in with on, so the no-shows definitely lowered my productivity at the conf. I ended up being surprised by great discussions that popped up in spite of not having the ones I had hoped to, so I’m not complaining.
I was one of the “not supposed to be on that coast that weekend” people who had a bunch of stuff fall apart / come together at the last minute, it literally was the wednesday or thursday of the week itself that I was confident I would not be tied up in california---- so I’m wondering, should I have applied on time with an annotated application “I’m 90% sure I can’t make it, but it’ll be easier for me to be in the system already if we end up in the 10% world”? At this point, it becomes important for me to update the team so I don’t impose the costs like the forlorn nametags or anything else discussed in post, but those updates themselves increase the overall volume of comms / things to keep track of for both me and the staff, which is also a cost.
Even if my particular case is too extreme and unusual to apply to others, I hope norms or habits get formed in the territory of “trying to be thoughtful at all” cuz it sounds like we’re at the stage where we only have to be directionally correct.
I really appreciate and agree with “trying to be thoughtful at all” and “directionally correct,” as the target group to be nudged is those who see a deadline and wait until the end of the window (to look at it charitably, maybe they don’t know that there’s a difference in when they apply. So we’re just bringing it to their attention.)
We appreciate that there are genuine cases where people are unsure. I think in your case, the right move would’ve been to apply with that annotation; you likely would have been accepted and then been able to register as soon as you were sure.